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whimsicallywistful t1_j1jzh82 wrote

It also provided $388m for affordable housing which is why it's even more absurd that republicans were against it.

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Thameus t1_j1kh7hq wrote

Absurd? It's entirely consistent with their behavior.

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oboshoe t1_j1ktf69 wrote

subsidizing housing will do the same miracles for affordability like it did for higher education.

welcome news

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BackwardPalindrome t1_j1lq3nb wrote

... you mean everyone will be saddled with home debt for literal decades that they have no chance of paying back, then the government will purchase the loans so that it's impossible for them to file for bankruptcy, thus forcing them into permanent debt slavery to the government to keep things that previously could've been discharged?

How exactly would that be welcome news?

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sp_blazer t1_j1k2umr wrote

Not republican, and not against that. Against it being rammed through at the absolute last minute, and the billions going to very very strange things that won’t benefit many Americans at all.

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whimsicallywistful t1_j1k555o wrote

It was "rammed through at the last minute" because Republicans kept pushing for short incremental authorizations as they kicked the can down the road.

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prismstein t1_j1ki0ri wrote

I assume you meant the aid going to Ukraine when you said "billions going to very very strange things"? Those benefit Americans by extending the influence of the USA and increasing USA standing in the world after DT trashed it, and all the contracts for the mic means more jobs, more taxes, more revenue, more growth. Have you noticed that the USA is the one faring the best in this recession? Ukraine is an easy spending, vs a bunch of 50 each pulling in different directions. If you want to know why the fed don't directly invest the billions in the USA instead, that's why.

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TJNel t1_j1lnnu0 wrote

So you think helping a country beat the shit out of Russia has zero benefit to the US?

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